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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2009 15:39:14 GMT
Some of the most wonderful non-traditional swords I've seen! This maker really knows how to bring out the best in the wood. www.slobodianswords.com/index.htmlA bit on the pricey side of $300, but when I win the lottery....
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Post by SlayerofDarkness on Jun 23, 2009 15:48:25 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2009 16:02:29 GMT
Beautiful work.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2009 16:06:32 GMT
These are wooden swords? Yet another site I cannot see.
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Post by SlayerofDarkness on Jun 23, 2009 16:12:08 GMT
No, they're real. He just commented on the wood tsuka and saya. Did ANYONE look at the link I posted? -Slayer
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2009 16:47:30 GMT
Are those nihonto? I'm not going to pay that much for a western/chinese replica.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2009 16:57:03 GMT
wow SoD you actually got a sword named after you !!! how did you go about pulling that one off ? edit Are those nihonto? I'm not going to pay that much for a western/chinese replica. similar costs on the custom blade to howard clark...(which i would prefer btw) then theres polishing... then theres the mount.... god dammit to have a custom built from scratch is really really expensive man im sticking with productions & classifieds for a good few years to come yet hell just imagine if you paid 10k for a sword then a year later you realised it was too short for you or something! ouch!
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Post by randomnobody on Jun 23, 2009 17:17:32 GMT
www.slobodianswords.com/Katana%205%20Page.html...oh god. ...could somebody pass me a towel? (while you're at it pass me $3,500 ) swordnut, no, they aren't, but you'll pay far more than that for a new shinsakuto. All modern smiths charge about this much, and I'd say this guys stuff looks pretty darn worth it. I'd spend $3.5k on the wak I linked before I'd spend over a grand at any modern production company. Of course, there are a good many antiques at $3.5k, too...but it's tough to find one [you/I] like at the right price at the right time. Hence why I wound up buying a Rawblade last year, and am debating who to go with next. This fellow just made the shortlist.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2009 17:24:59 GMT
the green saya mezmorized me aswell usually im not into green, but wow, what a saya! blade aint half bad either lol edit hey nobody why I wound up buying a Rawblade last year, and am debating who to go with next. oh the difficult choices you face in life i'll make you a deal, you get 16k together to lend me, then i'll give you 3.5k so you can buy a wak like that, and i'll buy summerchild.com/hc_dragonconsign.htmthat hope the deal sound as good to you as it does to me MWUHAHAHAHA be sure to let me know though....
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Post by randomnobody on Jun 23, 2009 17:49:18 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2009 17:51:26 GMT
No, they're real. He just commented on the wood tsuka and saya. Did ANYONE look at the link I posted? -Slayer I would if I could but the site's blocked, hence my question- thanks for answering. So is it $300 or $3000?
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Post by randomnobody on Jun 23, 2009 18:14:18 GMT
The one Slayer's on about would apparently run $4,500; the one I like would be $3,500. From what I bothered to look at, the best you're getting away with is $3,000.
Correction: the tanto in the OP is a meager $1,800. Not bad.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2009 19:21:20 GMT
HOT DAMN...those're Lundemo prices right there!
I would consider one of those a sound investment if there were some guarantee that the sword is worth it and would hold value. Unfortunately for the likes of me, that's a step I'm not sure I'll ever be ready to take. Certainly willing...
Ah well, I'll continue on as I have been and focus on what I CAN obtain over what I can't.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2009 19:54:14 GMT
I'll never buy something I can't use, display pieces serve zero functionality for me. But I don't mind gawking.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2009 20:01:42 GMT
Among modern, American smiths I actually think David Goldberg makes at least prettier work than Clark. Does he have similar prices on his work? I think I've seen sub-3000$ swords at his store, lower price for a full mounted one than a L6 Clark. Maybe it's fittings and presentation, I really don't like most of the fittings at summerchild.com while Goldberg seems to make everything himself, the Clark blades themselves look just as good and always, atleast in the photos, seem to have an extremely dark hada, but still.
I wouldn't order from this forge even if I had the money, theres seemingly little word about them, their pictures are small and bad and when you get into the several grand range there's so much to look at.
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Post by randomnobody on Jun 23, 2009 20:14:56 GMT
Goldberg does pretty good stuff, but he charges for it. I had a short-lived love with one of his waks, but had to leave it when it gained $9,000. Clark, Barrett, Sorrells, and several others all do great work, but have waiting lists and price tags that no mere mortal could endure. Comparing smiths based on who puts what furniture on their blades isn't really fair, either. They make the blades, and then ship them off in a rough polish to the buyer, who then arranges a proper polishing, and somebody to build all the furniture (sometimes multiple people are involved in this process) so saying Clark's blades have bad fittings is less than moot. Goldberg and this fellow, though, do make their own fittings, for the most part, if memory serves. Some others may, too, but they currently escape me. Considering these two (Goldberg and whoever this site is) do pretty much everything in-house themselves, I'd say their prices are pretty reasonable, though Goldberg is a tad high for my taste. I feel that the prices estimated by this other site are much more reasonable and if I had it to spend, would not hesitate to give them a go. Worst case scenario, I don't like it as much as I'd hoped, so I sell it for $Profit$. As to the pictures, I can tell plenty by those posted on the site. All I need to know, really. Just a shame that what you'd be getting wouldn't be THAT blade, but one "like it." Oh well, he does just give general ideas based on former works, after all.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2009 20:43:21 GMT
Only thing I've seen of Goldberg that was for over 9k$ was that Chokuto with jewels on it, I think I've seen atleast three Goldbergs that looked pretty decent for 3k$ just now. Seriously, a 3k Goldberg with full mountings and a decent looking polish seems like a steal. You're right when you say that complaining about the fittings is foolish, but still, when you can get a fully mounted, polished katana that looks pretty equal to an Clark without fittings, it says something about price I'd say.
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Post by randomnobody on Jun 23, 2009 20:52:00 GMT
Hmm, seems he's changed his site around since I last visited. www.goldmountainforge.com/store.htm"production line," eh? As in, well, production? I'm confused. Anyway, while those swords are rather nice...something in the lack of detail in their hamon puts me off... I need more in my steel than I'm seeing here. For that kind of money, especially. Also, while I'd typically be all over nagamaki-naoshi kats...these...do nothing for me. They don't really even look nagamaki-like to me...just your typical u-no-kubi kats...for $3k+. Hmm...
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